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Originally Posted by TheNasty
The war was more about power and wealth, keeping it centered in the N/E. To believe the country was thrown into war over slavery alone is shortsighted and ignores history. What if the south had won is an interesting question and deserves to be taken past "we'd still have slaves!".
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Originally Posted by Bill O'Rights
Do some serious research into the 16th President. You'll find him an ass of major proportions. He really makes George W. Bush look like an Eagle Scout by comparison. While he is revered today, he was reviled, both North and South, in his own time. Only his untimely death, and subsequent press induced martyrdom, has elevated him to his current demi-god status.
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Someone (actually two someones) have done their homework. The history book position that Northerners left their homes and got shot up because they wanted to free slaves is preposterous. The war was a money grab by the North, AFTER the South was producing enough slaves that there was no money to be had by Northerners importing more slaves.
It's not difficult to look up old laws barring freed slaves from settling in many northern states. Or prominent northerners who continued to own slaves after the war.
Kudos regarding the info about Robert E. Lee, too.